Told almost entirely without words and composed largely of detail shots, this doesn't quite transcend the gimmickry of its concept, but it succeeds as a bravura technical exercise with some truly amazing images.

| Apr 4, 2019

Some of the things encountered in Hukkle are brilliant cinematic conceits, which the director properly builds up to their punchline.

| Dec 6, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Sparkling and thought-provoking, Hukkle is the cinematic equivalent of a puzzle box wrapped up in ethnic enigmas and rural riddles.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 27, 2005

The movie is an enriching, lovingly filmed exercise in disorientation, worth seeing more than once if you've got the time, money and patience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 28, 2005

Unclassifiable and wildly original.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2004

So precisely and hypnotically assembled it could have been directed by a particularly whimsical metronome.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2004

Gyorgy Palfi shows an incredibly deft hand in creating a fictional story that...you could enjoy as a slice of life in rural Hungary

| Original Score: B- | Jun 3, 2004

There are so many odd references tucked into "Hukkle" it becomes a complex puzzle masquerading as a simple tale which may require multiple viewings.

| Original Score: B | Jun 1, 2004

What film is all about, but all too often isn't -- it challenges its audience to look at the world in a different way.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 26, 2004

Packs more bizarre ideas into its 75 minutes than most films do with two hours.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 26, 2004

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 16, 2004

Daring and unusual.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 22, 2004

At once impressive and indulgent, hypnotic and patience-inducing with its languorous rhythms.

Full Review | Dec 18, 2003

Kind of like Koyaanisqatsi without an agenda.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 10, 2003

The picture is so completely detailed and precise in its depiction of pastoral beauty that, if you blink, you might well minimize--or miss--the murder that gradually darkens the story.

| Dec 6, 2003

Hypnotic, elliptical, often rapturously beautiful, the film is a testament to the much-maligned concept of art cinema, one that depends for its thrills on film's essentials as a visual and sonic medium.

| Dec 5, 2003

You're in for an unforgettable experience, a microcosmic cornucopia of delights.

Full Review | Dec 5, 2003

It's bracingly funny to see the glorious human species redefined as just another set of moving parts in a huge machine lacking any evident purpose.

Full Review | Dec 5, 2003

Palfi's engrossing feature debut is a breathtaking feat of filmmaking.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 28, 2003